Means for setting up anchors.



J. JAMES.

MEANS FOR SETTING UP ANCHORS APPLICATION FILED DEC. 7, 1914.

1 1 99,077, Patented Sept. 26, 1916.

2 SHEETS-SHEET l- J. JAMES.

MEANS FOR SETTING UP ANCHORS APPLICATION FILED DEC. 1. 1914.

1,199,077. Patented Sept. 26,1916.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

avwentoz UNITED STATES PATENT orrron.

JOHN JAMES, OF FORT ATKINSON, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR TO JAMES MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF FORT ATKINSON, WISCONSIN, A CORI'ORATION OF WISCONSIN.

MEANS FOR SETTING UP ANCHORS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 26, 1916.

Application filed December 7, 1914. Serial No. 875,785.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN J AMES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fort Atkinson, county of Jefferson, and State of lVisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Means for Setting Up Anchors, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in means for setting up anchors in concrete work.

In erecting stables and similar structures having concrete floors, it is necessary that the concrete itself be prepared and placed in the molds at the point of use, and this work is frequently done by the owner of the premises and his associates, who

usually have had little experience in such work and therefore find great difiiculty in properly locating anchorage members to facilitate the attachment of posts, frames, and partitions to the concrete floor, and'the fact that the anchors are embedded in the concrete, makes it impossible to change the location of the anchorage elements after the concrete is set. Accordingly it has heretofore been the usual custom to employ experts skilled in the art of erecting concrete structures to direct the setting of the anchors in the molds in accordance with a previously prepared plan. This has been done notwithstanding the fact that the cost of employing such experts, including their traveling expenses, etc., is great and tends to make the total expense of erecting such structures prohibitive.

The object of my invention is to provide means, whereby skilled experts at a shop or factory, where both bold elements and anchor members are constructed, may temporarily set up the mold element and anchor members in proper relation to each other and in accordance with the plan of a building to be erected at a distance, the various elements, including the setting up members, the mold walls, and the anchors being adapted to be separated and shipped in compact knock-down form under. conditions which substantially preclude the possi-' bility of destruction or injury in transit, all of the elements being so constructed that when reassembled in position for pouring the concrete, they are necessarily adjusted in the exact position which they occupied when temporarily assembled at the shop.

Primarily, the invention contemplates the provision of means for accurately positioning the anchor with respect to the mold Q walls, such positioning means being detachably secured to the anchor and adjusted when the anchor is placed in the mold and cooperating with the mold walls to hold the anchor at the desired position, the anchor and positioning means constituting a unit independently of the mold walls.

My invention contemplates the shipment of the setting up devices and the anchors to whichthey pertain, as separate units, the members of the mold, (ordinarily the side members only), being packed for shipment in units which are independent of the other units, while beingtransported to the place of use. V I

The drawings illustrate'my invention as applied to units to be used in constructing a stable floor.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of one of the units with its elements assembled in knock-down form, and comprising a post anchor and a pair 'of'setting up devices relating thereto. Fig. 2 is aperspective view of the same unit as it appears with its elements assembled in position for connection with the walls of a mold. Figs. '3 and 4 are similar views showing a stanchion supporting anchor in knock-down and setting up relation to the supporting elements respec tively. Fig. 5 is an enlarged fragmentaryview of one of the anchor members. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of two mold walls assembled in knock-down position for shipment. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of a mold, including the mold walls and a set of units similar to those shown in Fig. 1 to t'respectively, assembled in position to receive the concrete. Fig. 8 is a fragmentary view, partly in section, showing one of the anchors as it appearswhen embedded in the concrete of a stable floor or beam.

Like'parts are identifiedby the same reference characters throughout the several views.

The anchorage members illustrated in the drawings are similar to those shown and described in my former patent, dated July Q '28, 1914, and numbered 1104805.

anchor members A and B are supported from the upper margins of these mold walls or planks by supporting spacing elements F, each of which comprises a wooden bar having a central bolt hole f to receive one of the bolts D. Each bar is also provided on each side ofthe central'bolt hole with apair of bolt holes F, properly spaced. at a distance from each other and equal to the distance between the bolts D when adjusted with their heads in the key hole "slots 0. This allows the spacing bars F to be assembled i-n superposed positions parallel with the face plate of the anchor, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, said bars being rigidly secured to said anchor face plate by the bolts D passing through the holes F, whereby the bars are rigidly secured in a position extending longitudinally along the face plate. The central hole f allows each of the bars to be adjusted in a transverse position and secured to the face plate by one of thebolts D, as shown in Figs. 2 and i. When the bars are in this position, the anchor members may be assembled in proper relation to the walls E and E of the mold, said walls being set up in accordance with a previously prepared plan :of the floor and floor beams of a stable to be erected. The mold members E and E having been properly placed in accordance with such plan, the anchor. units are adjusted between them in the positions indicated on the plan, whereupon the mold members and the spacing bars or setting up devices are suitably marked to indicate the positions which they then occupy in relation to each other. Various means may be devised for so marking the spacing.

elements and mold walls. I preferably provide the bars and mold walls with small holes G to receive nails or screws, whereby thebars may be rigidly connected with the walls of the mold and the anchors rigidly supported from such. walls. These holes may be conveniently formed by driving nails partially in place'to connect the bars with the mold walls for the purpose of the fad tory assembly, the nails being subsequently withdrawn to permit the knock-down assembly illustrated in Figs'l, 2 and 6. If desired, however, the mold walls may be additionally marked by cross lines H to indicate the positions of the spacing bars or elements thereon. After the various elements have been separated and adjusted in knock-down form and shipped to the place of use, they may be reassembled by inexperienced workers in the position illustrated. in

Fi 7 are aarator to receivin the concrete. In this position the variouselements will be readjusted in exactly the same posi tions in which they were ad usted and marked when initially assembled at the factory. The nail holes G will accurately in dicate the exact posltion which the bars oocupy upon the mold wallsand will also in dicate the exact degree of separation of such walls. /Vhen reassembled at the place of use, the mold may be filled with plastic or freshly mixed concrete to the level of the under surface of the spacing bars or elements F, whereupon the upper surfaces of the anchor members A and B will be flush with the surface of the concrete filling the bolt holes F in the spacing bars F is to provide means for rigidly securing said bars to the anchor members for shipping purposes, so thatthey will not be broken while en route to their destination, and owing to the fact that the key hole slots C are located adjacent to the corners of the an.- chor members, it is obvious that the position of the holes F will be varied to corre* spond with. the distance between the boltsD or key hole slots 0. Therefore the spacing,

bars, which are used in connection with the anchor members B, will have the holes F spaced at a greater distance from each other than the holes in those bars which are intended for use in connection with the anchor members A. But on theother hand, the:

holes G or othenmarking devices employed to locate the points of connection between a the bars F and the side walls E, E of the mold, will be spaced at equal distances apart regardless of the length. of the anchor mem bers to which the bars pertain. In the knock-clown position of the units illustrated the bars F in order that blows or lateral strains applied to the bolts D, while the devices are. in transit, will not split the bars F. These strips of sheet'metal J also serve as spacers to hold the bolts at the outer ends of thelkey hole slots when the units are .re-

assembled in relation to the walls of the mold, preparatory to receiving the concrete. In this position, the spacing members not only hold the bolts at the outer ends of the slots, but also keep them in an upright position and in exactly the position which they must occupy for connection with previously prepared bases of the posts and stanchion members to be subsequently secured thereto, it being understood that substantially absolute accuracy in the position of the bolts with reference to the anchors, as well as in the position of the anchors themselves, is required in order to facilitate the proper connection of the bases, etc., in accordance with the plan of the building and in true alinement with each other.

I attach great importance to the use of the spacing bars F in connection with the spacing strips J in that it affords means for insuring absolute conformity to the plan. The fact that in a modern stable the various posts, frame members and also the mangers are formed of metal, makes it peculiarly essential that the connecting members be accurately located, no facilities existing at the ordinary farm for boring new holes or enlarging or elongating holes in a metallic structure to suit the requirements of imperfeet adjustments or alinements.

In Fig. 7 no end walls are illustrated for the mold shown in said figure. In many instances the walls of the building constitute the end walls of the mold. Where other end walls are required, they can of course be supplied at the place where the building is erected. It will also be observed that in the drawings the anchor members are illustrated as supported from a plurality of mold walls. Wherever this can be conveniently done, it is desirable, since accuracy is more easily secured than in cases where the spacing members are connected with only one mold wall, but I do not limit the scope of my invention to any specific number of mold walls, nor to any specific form of the spacing elements.

I claim 1. Means for positioning an anchor, comprising a set of spacing members having means to engage the anchor in positions parallel to it and also, when adjusted, transversely thereto, the end portions of said spacing members provided with means for determining the points of attachment to the walls of a mold.

9.. Means for positioning an anchor having a face plate provided with bolt-receiving Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

slots, said means comprising a pair of spacing bars having apertures substantially centrally of their ends and bolts in said apertures engaging the face plate slots when the spacing bars are disposedtransversely of the face plate, said spacing bars also having apertures spaced a distance corresponding to the distance between the face plate slots to receive said bolts when the spacing bars are disposed in alinement with the face plate and in superposed relation.

3. Means for positioning an anchor having a face-plate provided with key-holes, said anchor positioning means comprising a pair of spacing bars each provided with apertures spaced a distance corresponding to the distance between the key holes of the anchor face-plate, said key holes and apertures receiving securing means for fastening the bars in superposed relation in alinement with the anchor face plate, said spacing bars also each having an aperture to aline with the key holes in the face plate when the spacing bars are disposed transversely to said plate whereby the bars may be secured to the face plate in said transverse position.

4. Means for positioning an anchor having a face-plate, comprising anchor positioning members adapted to be detachably secured to said face-plate in superposed relation and in alinement with said plate, said members also adapted to be detachably secured to the face plate in transverse alinee ment thereto whereby the anchor may be positioned between the walls of a mold.

5. Means for positioning an anchor having a face-plate provided with slots, comprising positioning members having apertures to aline with said slots when the members are disposed transversely to the faceplate to receive bolts for securing said members in said transverse position, said members also provided with apertures to aline with the slots when the members are disposed in alinement with the face-plate and superposed thereon to receive said bolts for securing the members in said superposed alined position, and a spacing member re ceiving the bolts and holding the members in their spaced transverse position.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

' JOHN JAMES. Witnesses:

Rona. J. PARKS, JOHN A. KEMMETER.

Washington, D. G. Y 

